Table 4.

Cancer-Specific and All Cause Mortality for Selected Disability Categories

		Disability Group*
Predictive Model	Not SSDI	Mental Disorders	Neurological Conditions	Circulatory/ Respiratory	Musculoskeletal
Hazards ratios, adjusted as indicated (95% CI)
Cancer-specific mortality†
Unadjusted	1.0	1.28 (1.04, 1.57)	1.35 (0.89, 2.05)	1.69 (1.24, 2.31)	1.05 (0.78, 1.40)
Adjusted for demographic and tumor characteristics	1.0	1.20 (0.98, 1.47)	1.33 (0.87, 2.02)	1.49 (1.09, 2.04)	0.98 (0.73, 1.32)
Adjusted further for axillary node dissection, radiotherapy	1.0	1.17 (0.95, 1.43)	1.31 (0.86, 2.00)	1.49 (1.09, 2.04)	1.00 (0.74, 1.34)
All cause mortality
Unadjusted	1.0	1.88 (1.63, 2.17)	2.90 (2.26, 3.72)	4.32 (3.67, 5.09)	2.03 (1.70, 2.42)
Adjusted for demographic and tumor characteristics	1.0	1.63 (1.41, 1.88)	2.61 (2.04, 3.35)	3.29 (2.78, 3.88)	1.65 (1.38, 1.97)
Adjusted further for axillary node dissection, radiotherapy	1.0	1.58 (1.37, 1.83)	2.57 (2.00, 3.29)	3.27 (2.77, 3.86)	1.66 (1.39, 1.98)

^*See footnotes to Table 1 for details.

^†Includes deaths from breast cancer and cancers in common metastatic sites: liver, lung, bone, brain.